Wednesday February 25th the elections of the new Director of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste were held on the School premises. Stefano Ruffo, professor of Structure of Matter at the University of Florence will be replacing Guido Martinelli, who has led the...read more

Corannulene is a carbon molecule with a unique shape (similar to the better known fullerene) and promising properties. A team of scientists from SISSA and the University of Zurich carried out computer simulations of the molecule’s properties and discovered that it might help overcome the...read more

Human beings are born with a visual system already predisposed to see (and mentally representing) objects as discrete perceptual units. Movement is an important visual feature, but how early in a child’s development is it represented independently from the object itself? And what function...read more

It had never been verified before: unlike other biopolymers, RNA, the long strand that is “cousin” to DNA, tends not to form knots. The observation has been published in the journal PNAS by a research team of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste and the CEA of...read more

Announcements

Neuroscience Area: new postdoc position The Neuroscience Area of SISSA has opened a new postdoctoral position. The fellowship winner may join any of the participating research groups (see below), or may choose to work independently.
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Sissa dei Piccoli: open day SISSA is pleased to announce that to facilitate families wishing to enrol next year the preschool "La SISSA dei Piccoli" will be open to visitors from Monday January 19th through Friday January 23 from 16 ... read more